For some, laying eyes on a pair of Maison Margiela Tabi shoes for the first time was the fashion equivalent to tasting your first olive; from that first bite you knew you were on a long and loving path together. For others, they discovered an immediate distaste that has kept them at the opposite end of the table (or department store) from the provocateur since they first met. Many who work in fashion have found themselves falling into a middle camp, having experienced their initial distrust quietly usurped by a growing fondness, which in some cases, has developed into outright devotion.
